It all started when the group's creator, Jeff Frazee, created the pledge campaign and posted the link (hosted by Fundabl.org) on the group's main wall and discussion board. The original deadline was for June 5th, the day of the next GOP debate (held in New Hampshire and hosted by CNN), but perhaps Mr. Frazee himself underestimated the commitment that even the average Ron Paul supporter has to the Congressman.
At 5:38 PM PST the announcement that the drive had begun was made:
1 hour and 56 minutes this is what members of the group saw:
And there you have it. With some 13+ days left on the clock, 35 college and high school students averaged just over $33 to raise over $1000 dollars for Congressman Ron Paul.
It seems that this is another symptom of Dr. Paul's loyal internet following. Ron Paul's largest Facebook group (mentioned earlier) is the 2nd largest for a GOP candidate behind Mitt Romney's (with over 11,000). However, Paul's group has been seeing significantly larger growth rates and is expected to surpass Romney's by early June. The candidate's support profile (http://usc.facebook.com/person.php?id=2330333861) is also growing at an alarming rate.
This is a first for me. I have never seen Facebook deliver and complete a campaign for this much this quickly. If anyone has any other Facebook drives that have generated substantial at lightning-speed I would be more than happy to hear about it. This big question still looming on the horizon is whether or not Paul's internet following will be successful in transferring the success over to the general public. If the last few weeks have shown anything, it's that this Congressman's campaign thus far has been anything but predictable.
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